Chapter One Hundred Sixty-Four: Bellwether

So with Bellwether, I've concluded my unofficial Connie Willis month, although she's written many other delightful novels that I haven't read or reread in the past month.  Bellwether is the first book by Willis I'd ever read, and partly for that reason it holds a very fond place in my heart.  But I also love it because it's a little nugget of joy.  By far shorter than any of her time travel novels, Bellwether tells the tale of two corporate scientists who end up working together and discover a lot more than they'd bargained for.  Written after Doomsday Book but before the other time travel stories, many of the same themes run through this novel--especially regarding the effects of actions in chaotic systems--but Bellwether also has a healthy dose of gentle fun-poking at modern life as it urges thinking for oneself (a theme I can definitely get behind).  If you like happy, light-hearted, slightly snarky stories, I'd highly recommend Bellwether.